Dr. Kurt H. Debus, KSC's first director, makes a brief speech during the topping off ceremonies for the Vehicle Assembly Building held on April 14, 1965. In the foreground is the 38- foot-long, four-ton steel beam signed by thousands of KSC employees and construction workers. The beam was hoisted to the tope of the 525-foot-tall structure and put in place to complete the building's steel skeleton.
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Dr. Kurt H. Debus, KSC's first director, makes a brief speech during the topping off ceremonies for the Vehicle Assembly Building held on April 14, 1965. In the foreground is the 38- foot-long, four-ton steel beam signed by thousands of KSC employees and construction workers. The beam was hoisted to the tope of the 525-foot-tall structure and put in place to complete the building's steel skeleton.